Civilian casualties have been 31 per cent greater from January to September 2025 in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months, in accordance with HRMMU’s month-to-month report printed on Thursday.
“Excessive civilian casualties final month verify this 12 months’s disturbing sample of intense violence in Ukraine, as nearly no day passes with out civilian deaths or accidents, particularly in frontline communities,” mentioned HRMMU chief Danielle Bell.
Frontline hazard
Sixty 9 per cent of the September casualties occurred close to the frontline, with notably excessive numbers reported within the Donetsk and Kherson areas of jap Ukraine. Almost 30 per cent of all casualties have been attributable to short-range drone assaults.
In Donetsk area on Thursday, a bomb struck the world close to a postal service car as seniors have been accumulating their pensions.
Twenty a type of killed and 13 of these injured have been over the age of 60. Older individuals are sometimes among the many final residents to evacuate from their communities, says HRMMU; at the least 87 of them have been killed final month.
Vital infrastructure at stake
In comparison with August, September noticed a 15 per cent enhance in assaults affecting power infrastructure in comparison with August 2025. Thirty one assaults have been documented.
The UN assist coordination workplace (OCHA) reported that weekend assaults left some 70,000 individuals with out electrical energy and disrupted gasoline and water provides.
Humanitarians warned that as winter approaches, strikes in crucial infrastructure will exacerbate civilian wants.
HRMMU mentioned that on Thursday evening, one other large countrywide strike concentrating on power amenities brought about energy outages in a number of areas, together with the capital, and reportedly killed a seven-year-old boy.
“We used to really feel a way of safety at house, however not anymore. Drones are buzzing like bees, flying with out a break. We are able to’t sleep at evening nor in the course of the day. We’re exhausted,” mentioned one man evacuated from Kostiantynivka, a metropolis in jap Ukraine.
Since February 2022, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, HRMMU has documented at the least 14,383 civilians killed, together with 738 youngsters, and 37,541 injured, together with 2,318 youngsters.
